zariaspa

Updated: May 2, 2025

Bessus was carried to Zariaspa, the capital of Bactria, where he was brought before a Persian court, and put to death in a cruel and barbarous manner. Sogdiana alone of the northern provinces offered any serious resistance to his arms. Accordingly in 328 he again crossed the Oxus. He divided his army into five bodies, ordering them to scour the country in different directions.

Sir William Smith - A Smaller history of Greece : From the earliest times to the Roman conquest